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Plans & Kits
If you’re in the market for a boat to build, this directory of Boat Plans & Kits is a fine place to start. And if your company sells plans or kits, we invite you to list your offerings here.
There is no charge for listing, but the FEATURED BOATS MUST BE BUILT OF WOOD.
To refine your search of this directory, use quotation marks. If you search Nutshell Pram Kit, you’ll receive all the listings that include the words Nutshell, Pram, and Kit. To refine your search, enter “Nutshell Pram Kit”; you’ll then see only the results for Nutshell Pram kits.
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746 Results
Oar / Paddle
NAIADE
Designer
Paolo Lodigiani
NAIADE is a little bit shorter than classical sea kayaks but it is perfectly suitable for pleasure trips in calm waters, under safe conditions, even for amateur paddlers.
Motorboats - Outboard
Dillon Mini Vee Racing Outboard V-bottom
Designer
Robert Dillon
The Mini Vee is a simple-to-build v-bottom racing boat designed for APBA Mini GT and GT Pro racing. Also an excellent high-performance boat for the non-racer and a great boat building project for an individual or the whole family.
Oar / Paddle
Pinguino 145 Wooden Kayak Kit
Designer
John Lockwood
Stable, comfortable, and well-mannered, the Pinguino is great for fishing, bird watching and photography. She is the perfect kayak for messing about in mild rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands, and coast.
Oar / Paddle
Ozona Pram
Designer
JF Bedard, AMRINA
A stitch & glue tender that can be rowed, motored and that sails like a charm.
Oar / Paddle
Northeaster Dory
Designer
John C. Harris
The Northeaster Dory is small enough to be rowed singly, but big enough for tandem rowing with two adults. Even four adults have comfortable seating. Performance rowers may add a sliding seat.
Sailboats - Cruising
Half Model Plan MADGE
Designer
George L. Watson
British plank-on-edge cutter designed by George L.
From the Community
Classified
Classified
KAYAK AND TRAILER
15’ Chesapeake Light Craft Sea Kayak, built of 4mm-okoume plywood hulls and decks, both sheathed
Classified
"VICTORIA" 1963 Cheoy Lee, Ronald Carter, Traditional Cat
19.5' Teak planked and deadwood. Copper riveted. Hull is tight, sound and pretty.
From Online Exclusives
Whiskey Plank
